Athens Regional Library System

Magazines and Newspaper Articles

The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to five newspaper titles published in Athens from 1827 to 1922. Consisting of over 57,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date.

Consumer Reports: Formed as an independent, nonprofit organization in 1936, Consumer Reports serves consumers through unbiased product testing and ratings, research, journalism, public education, and advocacy. Search Consumer Reports by entering the product you wish to learn more about in the search box below (examples: cars, mattresses, washers, etc):

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ProQuest Newspapers provides full-text access to five major national newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

Online daily version available free but registration is required. Classifieds updated daily. The Stacks contains staff-written articles from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution dating as far back as 1985. Searching is free, but you must pay to view the full-text of the article.

" . . . the exclusive online channel for the NBCUniversal News family, which includes the Today show,NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, Meet the Press and MSNBCTV. MSNBC.com's driving force is to provide the optimalconsumer experience, presenting a diverse range of originalcontent and the best from our partners in a rich multi-mediaenvironment that includes interactive features and freestreaming video, allowing users to access the news andinformation they want, when they want it, 24 hours a day."

"NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming . . . Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming. With original online content and audio streaming, npr.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and eight years of archived audio and information."

" . . . WN has over 1500 thematic and regional news sites. It also includes the web's most comprehensive news search engine. A global leader in online news, WN utilizes more than 300 sources, from The Times of India to the Washington Post, delivering unparalleled coverage on a vast range of subjects."

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" . . . thousands of topically driven, specific news web pages and populating each of those pages with only news about that particular topic. So, whether you are interested in finding all the news about your community, or your company or industry or perhaps even your favorite team or celebrity, Topix.net provides an intuitive, easy way to find the targeted news that is relevant to you."

" . . . WN has over 1500 thematic and regional news sites. It also includes the web's most comprehensive news search engine. A global leader in online news, WN utilizes more than 300 sources, from The Times of India to the Washington Post, delivering unparalleled coverage on a vast range of subjects."